योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-118, verse-29

किमिदं नयथेति ततः पृष्टाभिस्ताभिरुक्तमेतस्य ।
व्यसनज्वरतप्तायाः पथिक वयं बालसख्य इति ॥ २९ ॥

kimidaṃ nayatheti tataḥ pṛṣṭābhistābhiruktametasya ,
vyasanajvarataptāyāḥ pathika vayaṃ bālasakhya iti 29

29. kim idam nayatha iti tataḥ pṛṣṭābhiḥ tābhiḥ uktam etasya
vyasanajvarataptāyāḥ pathika vayam bālasakhyaḥ iti

29. tataḥ tābhiḥ pṛṣṭābhiḥ "kim idam nayatha" iti uktam,
"he pathika,
vayam etasya vyasanajvarataptāyāḥ bālasakhyaḥ" iti.

29. Then, when questioned, 'What are you carrying?', those girls said, 'O traveler, we are childhood friends for her who is tormented by the fever of distress.'

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, what is this?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• नयथ (nayatha) - you (plural) carry, you lead

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks a quotation)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• पृष्टाभिः (pṛṣṭābhiḥ) - by those who were questioned

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by them, by those

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was said, it was spoken

• एतस्य (etasya) - for her, to her (this one)

• व्यसनज्वरतप्तायाः (vyasanajvarataptāyāḥ) - for her who is afflicted by the fever of distress

• पथिक (pathika) - O traveler

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• बालसख्यः (bālasakhyaḥ) - childhood friends

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks a quotation)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, what is this?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

नयथ (nayatha) - you (plural) carry, you lead

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

पृष्टाभिः (pṛṣṭābhiḥ) - by those who were questioned

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - questioned, asked

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √praś (to ask)

Root: praś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the girls who were asked the question.

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by them, by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the girls (bālikāḥ).

उक्तम् (uktam) - was said, it was spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: As a predicate, forming an impersonal construction 'it was said'.

एतस्य (etasya) - for her, to her (this one)

(pronoun)

Dative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Could also be genitive 'of her', but dative fits the context of 'for whom'.

व्यसनज्वरतप्तायाः (vyasanajvarataptāyāḥ) - for her who is afflicted by the fever of distress

(adjective)

Dative, feminine, singular of vyasanajvarataptā

vyasanajvarataptā - afflicted by the fever of distress

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyasana+jvara+taptā)

• vyasana – distress, calamity, misfortune
  noun (neuter)
• jvara – fever, heat
  noun (masculine)
• taptā – heated, tormented, afflicted
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √tap (to heat, torment)
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with etasya. The phrase signifies 'for this woman who is suffering from the fever of distress'.

पथिक (pathika) - O traveler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pathika

pathika - traveler, wanderer

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

बालसख्यः (bālasakhyaḥ) - childhood friends

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bālasakhī

bālasakhī - childhood friend

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+sakhī)

• bāla – child, young
  noun (masculine)
• sakhī – female friend, companion
  noun (feminine)

Note: The nominative plural feminine form of bāla-sakhī.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

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